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In the last chapter of Redemption:

Damon entered the tomb searching for Katherine only to discover she was not there. Anna got her mother Pearl out of the tomb. Elena and Stefan took home Jeremy, and Damon decided to look for answers about where Katherine was.

Damon

"Alright, you bitch, tell me where Katherine is," I snarled at Pearl, having showed up at the door of the place where Anna had been holding Elena. "She wasn't in the tomb and you're her best friend. I want to know why she wasn't there."

"Damon," Anna interjected. I turned my glare onto her and she shrunk back slightly at the menacing look in my eyes. "My mother is still weak..."

"Did you know she wasn't there?" I demanded, "you led me to believe she was. Did you know?" I pushed past Pearl so I was inside.

Anna took a step back. "Damon... I needed to get my mother out of the tomb... and in order to do that, I needed your help." She looked into my eyes. "If getting my mother out of there meant playing on your weakness, I needed to do it. And I'd say I'm sorry... but I'm not."

I felt a shudder of repressed anger pass through me. I needed to keep my focus to get the answers I needed. "Where. Is. She?"

Anna bit her lip. "The last I saw her was in Chicago in 1983. Damon... she knew where you were. And she didn't care."

I felt my anger start to build into agony as I had the feeling that I, Damon Salvatore, had been played for a fool. I squelched the thought. "That's impossible. How did she get out of the church?"

Pearl cleared her throat, cutting into the conversation. "The guard at the church was completely under Katherine's spell... he let her out."

I felt my head start to throb. "So she was out... all this time?" Pearl nodded, and I was unable to stand the pitying look on her face. "Well, then... it was about time someone told me... I just wish it had been sooner." I shot a glare at Anna, knowing it was no use going after her- she was too much older than me, and even being absolutely furious I had enough value for my life to leave her alone.

I walked out of the house into the night, not knowing what the hell to do with myself. I stopped and looked around, considering going after some random human girl. I sighed. For once, Damon Salvatore was not in the mood to kill a random whore off the streets.

I got into my car and finally just drove to the boarding house, thinking about how pitiful I had become.

I grabbed a bottle of bourbon, not bothering with a glass, and began pacing in front of the fireplace to think about Katherine.

Katherine... had she really been out all this time?

I slammed the bourbon down on the table angrily, collapsing on the couch. How could she do this to me? Why would she do this to me? To us? We were supposed to be forever! A quiet growl escaped my mouth.

"She's not worth getting this upset over, Damon."

My head flew up in shock- I hadn't heard anyone coming, and that was incredibly odd and negligent of me. I sighed as I saw Stefan standing there. I didn't reply, just bent my head back down to look at the fireplace.

"All she did is play with both of our emotions. You don't love her. You love the idea of her," he said gently. "You don't love the fact that she's a manipulative bitch."

I stood and whirled around to face him in one quick movement. "How would you know what I feel," I snarled, needing to release my frustration and torment on someone.

"Because I went through the same damn thing that you did, Damon! Katherine is a liar. It's been almost 150 years! She knew where you were and she didn't give a shit! Isn't that proof enough?"

I dropped back down on the couch. "Just get lost, Stefan," I said wearily. "I'm really not in the mood for this right now."

Stefan sighed. "Whatever you say." I heard his footsteps retreating and then I was alone again.

Once again, I apologize for how short it is. It was a long day at school and I have a massive headache.
I'll post another chapter probably about the same length later tonight (no school tomorrow, yay). I'm going to rest up, take some migraine pills and hopefully get some inspiration from the new episode of TVD after an entire bloody month of not seeing any new Delena scenes... and I'm sincerely hoping we get at least one scene with them tonight! /fingers crossed